Gray Lady Down

Gray Lady Down

Infobox Film
name = Gray Lady Down


image_size =
caption = Promotional poster for "Grady Lady Down"
director = David Greene
producer = Walter Mirisch
writer = David Lavallee
Frank P. Rosenberg
James Whittaker
Howard Sackler
narrator =
starring = Charlton Heston
David Carradine
Stacy Keach
Ned Beatty
Stephen McHattie
Ronny Cox
Dorian Harewood
music = Jerry Fielding
cinematography = Stevan Larner
editing = Robert Swink
distributor =
released = March 10, 1978
runtime = 111 min
country = United States
language = English
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0077629

"Gray Lady Down" is a 1978 disaster film by Universal Studios which starred Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, and featured the first film role for a young Christopher Reeve.

Plot

An aging, respected commander (Charlton Heston) is on his final submarine tour before his retirement. Surfaced and returning to port, the submarine, USS Neptune (possibly a "Skate"-class or "Nautilus"-class attack submarine) is struck by a giant freighter in heavy fog, and sinks to a depth of 1,450 feet on canyon ledge above the ocean floor. A US Navy rescue force commanded by Stacy Keach arrives on scene, but "Neptune" is perched at an angle that does not allow the Navy's Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) rescue submarine to complete its work.

A small experimental submersible, "Snark", is brought in to assist with the rescue. "Snark" is very capable, but run by a nonconformist navy misfit (David Carradine). The tiny submersible is the only hope for a rescue.

Ronny Cox plays Neptune's executive officer, scheduled to take over command from Charlton Heston, Ned Beatty plays the "Snark"'s second crewman, and Christopher Reeve appears in his first film role in a bit part for the sharp-eyed viewer.

The movie re-used submarine special-effect footage from "Ice Station Zebra", as well as the large-scale submarine model, with that film's submarine ("Tigerfish") appearing as the USS "Neptune".

The movie is adapted from the novel "Event 1000" by David Lavallee (1971).

External links

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